Strip-holder.



C. J. ALFRED.

STRIP HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 15. 1914.

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STRIP HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED MAYIS, 1914.

1,137,732. Patented May 4, 1915.

2 SHEETSSHEET 2.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CLARENCE J. ALFRED, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO NATIONAL BFSCUIT ICOMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

STRIP-HOLDER.

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, CLARENCE J. ALFRED, acitizen of the United States, and a resident of New York, in the countyof NewYork and State of New York, have invented'certain new and usefulImprovements in Strip- Holders; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing isa full, clear, and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of referencemarked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to partition members or separators made offlexible sheet material such as heavy paper or fiberboard and which areadapted for insertion in receptacles, such as boxes or cartons, for thepurpose of forming compartments or cells in such receptacles.

In packing biscuits, crackers or other. like bakery products in thereceptacles, the same are generally placed in such receptacles inlayers, with horizontal separator sheets between the layers, and withthe articles in each layer arranged in rows, with partition stripsinserted vertically between the rows. Partition members made inaccordance with the present invention are designed to be used inconnection with such vertical partition strips, and to be placed inthe'boxes or cartons in a vertical position and transverselv betweensuch vertical partition strips or between the side walls of thereceptacle and such partition strips, so that, in connection with thesaid strips, the partition members will serve to divide the receptacleinto a series of cells or compartments. In case horizontal separatorsheets are placed horizontally between superposed layers of biscuits,crackers or other articles, the vertical partition strips referred to,together with the partition members to which the present inventionrelates, will serve tosupport said partition sheets from the bottom ofthe receptacle or from each other, so as to lessen liability of thecrushing of the contents of the receptacle. hen employed in connectionwith biscuits or crackers packed side-by side in rows that are separatedby longitudinal partition strips, the partition members will beintroduced transversely of the strips, at suitable intervals, betweenindividual biscuits or crackers in each row, but for packingotherarticles, as in cases where separate compartments or cells are desired,one for each article, the partition v Specification of Letters la'cent.Application filed m 15, 1914. Serial No. 838,711.

Patented May 4, 1915.

members will be spaced apart to form compartments of suitable size toreceive such articles.

Among the objects of the invention is to provide a form of partitionmember which by reason of its construction will be held in its propervertical position, and at right angles to the sides of the receptacleand partition strips, without the provision of any means for securingthe same in place or attaching it to either the receptacle or to thepartition strips.

A further object of the invention is to provide a partition member thatmay be easily and cheaply constructed and may be stored and shipped inflat or knock-down form and easily set up for use.

The invention includes not only the completed article but also the blankfrom which the same is made, and it consists in the matters hereinafterdescribed and more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.Asshown in the accompanying draw- 1ngs-Figure 1 is a plan view of a partof a receptacle or carton provided with partition members made inaccordance with my invention; F; g. 2 is a view of the same in verticalsection, taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a perspective view of acut and scored blank from which one form ofmy improved partition membermay be made; Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a partition member madefrom the blank shown in Fig. 3; Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a cutand scored blank made alike at both ends; Fig. 6 is aperspective view ofa partition member made from the blank shown in Fig.5; Fig. 7 is a planview of part of a receptacle showing partition members arranged somewhatdifferently from those shown in Figs. 1 and 2; Fig. 8 is a verticalsection, taken on line 88 of Fig. 7; and Figs. 9 and 10,

are perspective views showing forms of partition members embodying myinvention, differing in details of construction from those shown in thepreceding figures.

Referring to Figs. 3 and 4 of the drawings illustrating in detail oneform of a partition member embodying the features of my invention, theblank 10 from which the partition member is made is of rectangular form,and is made from a single piece of sheet material, such as thick paper,fiberboard or the like. The said blank 10 constitutes a body member 11and a flap 12, which latter is joined to thebody along the V foldingline 13arranged parallel with the end margins of the blank. In saidblank 10 is. formed a U-shaped cut or slit 14 preferably of curved form,the ends of which terminate at the folding line 13 between the sideedges of theflap. This cut or slit 14 forms on the base of the flap 12 asecond flap, in the form of a tongue 15 that is integral, and in thesame plane, with the said flap 12. When the partition member is set up,as shown in Fig. 4, the flap 12 projects from the body 11, from one sidethereof and at right angles to the same, while the tongue 15 extendsfrom the opposite side of the body 11 in the same plane with the saidflap 12. The flap 12 is made of'the same width as the body 11, so thatthe side edges 12 and 12 of said flap, when it is folded into a positionat right angles to said body, extend at right anglesto the folding line13, or the base of the flap, and are in the same planes with the sideedges of the said body. In Figs. 5 and 6 is shown a partition memberlike that described, except that the same is of like construction atboth ends, having the sets of folding lines and flaps that aredesignated by the same reference characters employed on Figs. 3 and 4.

To make clear the manner in which the.

partition members, shown in Figs. 3 and 4, or 5 and 6, may be employedor used in receptacles, I have shown in Figs. 1 and 2 a part of a box orreceptacle, having a bottom wall 16, a side wall 17 and an end wall 18.In said box or receptacle are inserted horizontal partition sheets 19(Fig. 2) that are vertically separated from each other, and also,between said partition sheets, vertical partition strips 20, 20,arranged parallel with the side wall 17. Within the spaces orcompartments formed by the separators 19, 19 and partition strips 20,20, are inserted a plurality of partition members arranged with the bodyortions 11 thereofin vertical position and extending parallel with theend wall 18 of the receptacle, or at right angles to the side wall 17and partition strips 20. In the instance illustrated, the partitionmembers are all made of such vertical width as to fit closely betweenthe bottom 16 of the receptacle and the separator 19, above the same, orbetween the separators, and the body portions 11 of the partitionmembers are of such length as to fit closely between the partitionstrips 20, or between the outermost partition strip and the side wall 17of the receptacle. Said partition members are shown in Figs. 1 and 2 asplaced in the receptacle with the flaps 12 and tongues 15 extendingvertically, in contact with the partition strips 20 or the side wall 17of the receptacle. When thus applied, the said flaps 12, the side edgesof which are in the same horizontal planes with the side, or top andbottom, edgesof the partition members, serve to maintain the partitionmembers in uprightposition, or at right angles both to the bottom wall16 of the receptacle and to the separators 19. Moreover, the said flaps12 and the tongues 15, being in the same plane with each other having abottom wall 16, a side wall,17 andan end wall 18, and provided with horizontal separators 19 and partition strips 20, as in Figs. 1 and 2. Inthis instance, partition members like those shown in Figs. ,4 and 6 areinserted in the receptacle with their side margins in an uprightposition, and the flaps 12 and 15 thereon in a horizontal position. Inthe case of the form of partition member shown in Fig. 4, the membersare arranged with the flaps l2 and 15 in contact with the bottom wall 16of the receptacle or with one of the separators 19-wh ile.in the case ofthe form of partition member shown in Fig. 6, the like flaps at bothends of the partition members are arranged in contact both with the saidbottom wall and the separator above said wall, or with two separatorsbetween which the partition members are placed. s

In Fig. 9 is shown a blank for another form of partition member, whichin its set' the base of the flap 22 and the inner end of whichterminates at the folding line 23. This cut orslit 24 forms on the baseof the flap 22, at one side of the body, a second flap in the form ofatongue 25 that constitutes an integral extension of the said flap 22.When the partition thus made is set up, as shown in Fig. 10, the flap 22stands at 'right 'angles tothe body 21 and projects from one sideof-said body, while the tongue 25 extends from the opposite side of saidbody and also at right angles thereto. The side margin 22*, common tothe flap 22 and tongue 25, extends at right angles to the folding line23 and is in the same plane with the adjacent side margin of the bodyportionv 21. The form of partition member shown in Fig. 10 may .beapplied or used in the same manner as described in connection with Figs.1 and 2 or Figs. 7 and 8.

The flap 22 and secondary flap or tongue 25, by the contact of'themargin 22' with the bottom wall of the receptacle, or with a separator,or partition strip, serve to hold the body 21, in position at rightangles'to such wall, separator or strip.

' While the drawings show the partition member as fitting closely withinthe spaces of the receptacles formed by the separators and partitionstrips, yet, when the partition mem ers are provided with flaps atoneend only, they may be made both shorter and narrower than the widthand height of such spaces, so that one size of partition member willserve for packing several sizes of biscuits or crackers in receptacleshaving their compartments of sizes corresponding with .the biscuits orcrackers. In such case, if the biscuits or crackers be square orrectangular, one or both of the -flan s on a partition member, by thecontact 0 the same with the side edges of the biscuits or crackers,between which the member is placed, will hold said members from beingshifted endwise or horizontally; said flange or flanges being in thatcase confined between the side edges of the biscuits or crackers and theadjacent side of the receptacle or a partition strip. When the crackersor biscuits are round or circular, the form of partition member having aflap or flange located midway between the side edges of the member, asin the case of the flap or tongue 15 of Figs. 4 and 6, is preferred, byreason of the fact that the contact of the centrally arranged flap ortongue with the side of a round cracker or biscuit will hold thepartition member from being shifted horizontally in one direction, whilethe contact of the adjacent end of the memher with the adjacent sidewall of the receptacle or separator strip will hold such member frombeing shifted horizontally in the opposite direction. In the use ofpartition members each having a flange or flanges at one end only, andwhich are smaller in dimensions than the compartment in which they areplaced, the side margin of the flange which is in contact with thebottom surface of the compartment will act to hold the partition memberupright or at right angles to said bottom surface. i

It follows from the above that the flaps or tongues on the partitionmembers will act to hold the partition members from displacement, andmaintain said partition members, as well as the biscuits or crackers ineach row, in position at right angles to the bottom and side walls ofthe receptacle. The partition members and the biscuits or crackers willtherefore act to hold the loosely inserted partition strips from beingtipped, tilted, or shifted sidewise, and will also act to maintain at aproper distance apart, or properly support, the separators, either whenthe latter rest on the tops of the biscuits or crackers, or when suchpartition members are of such vertical width as to directly support saidseparators.

Partition members, embracing the features-of construction hereindescribed, have the advantage of being easily and cheaply made rfrom asingle blank of sheet material, and of being very easily set up for use,While at the same'time beingof such form or construction that they willbe properly retamed-in position within the receptacle, and will act to"retain in. proper position the sepeditors or partition strips that areinserted petlween the rows-of articles in such recepac e.

It is to be 'understoodthat partition members made as described may beinserted in cartons or receptacles that are unprovided with separatorsor partition strips, as for instance, a long and narrow carton may bedivided lengthwise into several compartments by the use of one or moreof such partition members, or, in the case-era shallow carton or tray,the same may be provided with one or more partition strips extendinglengthwise thereof, and partition members made as described may beintroduced between the side walls of such carton or tray and thepartition strip or strips.

I claim as my invention:

1. A partition member, made of sheet material, and consisting of arectangular body portion provided at one end with two flaps, which arein the same plane and integral with each other, and which project onopposite sides of said body portionrone of said flaps having one of itsside margins at right angles to its base and in the same plane with thecorresponding side margin of the body portion.

2. A partition member, made of sheet material, and consisting of arectangular body portion provided at one end with two flaps, which areintegral and rigid with each other, said flaps being in the same planewith each other and projecting on opposite sides of said body portion;one of said flaps having one side margin thereof at right angles to itsbase and in the same plane'with the corresponding side margin of thebody portion.

3. A partition member, made of sheet material, and consisting of arectangular body portion provided at one end thereof with two flaps,which arein the same plane with each other and project on opposite sidesof said body portion; said flaps being integral and rigid with eachother, and each flap having a side margin at right angles to its baseand in the same plane with one of the side margins of said body portion.

i. A partition member, made of sheet material, and consisting of arectangular body portion provided at one end thereof with two flaps,which pro ect on opposite sides of said body portion, said flaps beingintegral and rigid with each other, and each flap having a side marginat right angles to its base and in the sameplane with the correspondingside margin of said body portion; to flap projecting to one side of thebody portion haying its said side margin formm a continuation of thecorresponding side margin of the other flap. v

5. A blank for a partition member, made of sheet material and ofrectangular form, said blank being provided with a fold line parallelwith one of its end margins and ada ted to 'form a flap, and with a cutexten in inwardly from said folding line and a apted to form a secondflap on the base of the first named flap, said flaps being integral andrigid with each other, and one of said flaps having a side margin in thesame plane with and formed by a part of one of the side margins of theblank.-

6. A blank for a partition member, made mama:

said side margins of said flaps being formed by a part of a side marginof said blank.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my invention I afiix mysignature in the presence of two witnesses, this 28th day of April, A.D. 1914.

CLARENCE J. ALFRED. Witnesses:

GEORGE T. ALDRICH, PETER J. Sunnnnm.

